Best Management Practices for Maryland Golf Courses

daily and periodic rise and fall of the tide within the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, the coastal bays adjacent to Maryland's coastal barrier islands, and the Atlantic Ocean to a distance of 3 miles offshore of the low water mark.” Wetlands/Nontidal Wetlands: From the State of Maryland (Nontidal Wetlands Act; Natural Resources Article, Code of Maryland Regulations), "nontidal wetlands" are areas meeting the following conditions: "(a)...an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as hydrophytic vegetation; (b) is determined according to the Federal Manual; (c) does not include tidal wetlands regulated under Natural Resources Article, Title 9, Annotated Code of Maryland."

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